title: Diode laser cyclophotocoagulation for nanophthalmic chronic angle closure glaucoma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To retrospectively evaluate the results of diode laser cyclophotocoagulation (CPC) in patients with nanophthalmos.
  
  
  METHODS
  The data on all bilaterally nanophthalmic patients who underwent diode laser CPC in our department between 2004 and 2012 were retrieved and evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four patients fulfilled study entry criteria. All 4 were females aged 58, 62, 68, and 74 years. The mean preoperative intraocular pressure of 46±5.7 mm Hg dropped to 16.2±1.5 mm Hg at the final follow-up visit (43.5±16 mo). Visual acuity did not change in 2 patients and slightly worsened in the other 2. Choroidal detachment was observed in all patients between 7 and 14 days after the procedure and lasted for 1 to 2 months, resolving spontaneously in 2 patients and following systemic steroid treatment in the other 2.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Diode laser CPC was an effective treatment for patients with glaucoma secondary to nanophthalmos.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: Shani
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Golan
authors.forename: Shimon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kurtz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D002924:Ciliary Body / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D015812:Glaucoma, Angle-Closure / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D017075:Laser Coagulation / Q000379:methods*; D054023:Lasers, Semiconductor / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008850:Microphthalmos / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology